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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 202888" data-attributes="member: 545">I think quite the opposite is true.&nbsp; Low level characters miss so often against soft ACs that the only way to hit consistently is roll more dice.&nbsp; IMNSHO the same story is true for TWF.&nbsp; While TWF average damage will lag a two-handed fighter, the extra die rolls make fluke deaths much less likely.&nbsp; TWF is quite valuable at low levels, where you are most vulnerable to luck, and very high levels, where wielding multiple enchanted weapons has some pretty crazy potential advantages.&nbsp; Most analysis is made at medium levels (not surprisingly) so the value of TWF is underestimated.(There is a short discussion in the DMG how increasing the randomness tends to hurt PCs.&nbsp; It also rates that an extra attack is very valuable, usually much more valuable than an attack bonus, a damage bonus being weaker still.&nbsp; That line of thought supports how TWF was engineered.)Obviously if your 1st level Archer meets someone in full plate and shield you may need to shift tactics.&nbsp; But those are exceptional situations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 202888, member: 545"] I think quite the opposite is true. Low level characters miss so often against soft ACs that the only way to hit consistently is roll more dice. IMNSHO the same story is true for TWF. While TWF average damage will lag a two-handed fighter, the extra die rolls make fluke deaths much less likely. TWF is quite valuable at low levels, where you are most vulnerable to luck, and very high levels, where wielding multiple enchanted weapons has some pretty crazy potential advantages. Most analysis is made at medium levels (not surprisingly) so the value of TWF is underestimated. (There is a short discussion in the DMG how increasing the randomness tends to hurt PCs. It also rates that an extra attack is very valuable, usually much more valuable than an attack bonus, a damage bonus being weaker still. That line of thought supports how TWF was engineered.) Obviously if your 1st level Archer meets someone in full plate and shield you may need to shift tactics. But those are exceptional situations. [/QUOTE]

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